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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| BackRow wrote: |
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It has to be said...
OP, you took a new job doing something you have never done before and clearly haven't even taken the slightest interest in prior to landing in Korea otherwise you would have at least read a post it notes worth of research on the teaching.
Koreans complain, the press complain, all people on daves complain. About what? Crabby english teachers with naff all idea of what they are doing and here you all are giving some nice advice when really what you should be saying is bugger off home because OP; you are atypical of the dross that has accumulated in this little country and help make us all look dumb.
ps. hope you like spicy food |
Harsh but true to a degree, however I did not force anyone to hire me, the requirements just happen to be incredibly low. Railing on one side of the matter and not the other is a bit excessive. Even though it opens me up to posts like yours, I'm fine with it, I could use all the help I can get and have gotten great advice from using this site as a resource.
If I truly was the worst of the worst I'd just sit on my hands and ride out the job as long as I could doing minimal work, but I am making an effort and will continue to do so for as long as I'm here. So in the end I just hope you have a nice day on top of your high horse. |
Seriously OP this is painfully simple: read up and work to improve your teaching skills. Read up and learn what lesson planning is and how to build a lesson and how to integrate activities that act as building blocks to the lesson.
Most of the theoretical base for this is freely available online, including countless activities that can enhance your lessons. |
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mandrews1985
Joined: 12 Sep 2011
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| Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
Seriously OP this is painfully simple: read up and work to improve your teaching skills. Read up and learn what lesson planning is and how to build a lesson and how to integrate activities that act as building blocks to the lesson.
Most of the theoretical base for this is freely available online, including countless activities that can enhance your lessons. |
This. I came to Korea knowing very little about teaching and with no teaching experience, the difference is I didn't expect the school to spoon feed me.
Before my first day I scoured the internet for generic worksheets I could ammend, read up how to plan a lesson and refresh my grammatical knowledge too. First day, as expected I had to demo, demo's went well because I could incorporate what I learned into them.
The internet is a vast and powerful tool, though it appears some people just use it to complain. I'm not saying you're one of these guys but I do hope you become proactive rather than reactive.
My first 2 weeks were 14 days in a row at the school preparing lesson plans, demonstrating, book study and so on. It wasnt easy, but that early commitment has helped me become an adequate teacher, and you'll be amazed at how many newbies are not adequate.
The one thing that worries me about you is you're blaming the school, the job requirement, materials available and bosses about your poor start to teaching here. The fact that you have recognised it's poor is a good sign, it's how you develop now that wil detirmine your job satisfaction and general happiness.
PS low application requirements are not an excuse for an inability to teach. If you expected just to teach from a book and not have to do anything, just because the requirements are low, then you clearly had no idea about the korean private schooling system. Would you have taken up a job in america without knowing anything about the industry you're in just because you met the basic requirements? |
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mandrews1985
Joined: 12 Sep 2011
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I'm not trying to kick you when you are down, I genuinely hope you find your pace and develop. You need to take the positives from this experience and take control of the situation. Otherwise you will start hating the country and regret being here and that's no good because Korea is a great country. |
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